Dreyer Tree » Maria Magdalena Buys (1869-1934)

Personal data Maria Magdalena Buys 


Household of Maria Magdalena Buys

She is married to Gerhardus Jacobus Dreyer.

They got married on May 19, 1890 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  8. Thomas Frederik Dreyer  1905-1982 

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Birthday October 23, 1869

  • The temperature on October 23, 1869 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of marriage May 19, 1890

  • The temperature on May 19, 1890 was about 20.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
    • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
    • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
    • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Day of death March 4, 1934

  • The temperature on March 4, 1934 was between -1.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
    • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
    • May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
    • June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
    • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
    • August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.


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